User:The Coldwood

This user page is under construction

I guess maybe it's about time I actually put some content in my user page? I do have my own Web sites in which I do say some stuff about myself and rant about my pet peeves and stuff, though.

I try to concentrate on places where I can do productive stuff without getting into an edit war, but I haven't always succeeded in staying out of conflict and controversy.

About Me
I am 18 years old, I am currently immigrating to Canada (living in Edmonton on a work permit) and I have been involved in web design since August of 1998. I also have been active in the Open Directory Project since late 2003.

Internet Annoyances

 * Background Music on web pages
 * Flash/Shockwave Banner Advertisements
 * Newbie web masters asking for free designs/code
 * Spam E-mail (No, I do not want to buy ch34p c1alis)

Learning to speak the world's tongue
In my travels, I have learned that it would be in my best interest learn more languages. Whilest I can't speak all of these languages fluently, I can survive in an instance of being in a country that speaks a certain language.

Wikipedia
I love to contribute to free tools so naturally, I participate here at Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Expansions

 * Completed
 * Added some information on the Postal 3 article.
 * Relabelled Bioware-games
 * In Progress
 * Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
 * In Queue for Creation
 * Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast
 * Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker
 * Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake
 * Neverwinter Nights: Shadowguard

Templates
I created the below templates:
 * Bioware
 * Neverwinter Nights

Userboxes

 * In Progress
 * Canadian English Userboxes.
 * Fixed Userboxes
 * Austrailian English 0

Inter-language accomplishments
I only list my english accomplishments here. My accomplishments in other languages are listed at my user pages on the other wikis and my personal web site.


 * Wikipedia in French
 * Wikipedia in Spanish
 * Wikipedia in Japanese
 * Wikipedia in Polish

Crackpots
Speaking of controversy, I've been (unjustly) included in people's lists of "cyberstalkers" and online evildoers:

This inclusion says more about them than about me. Some of the stuff they say about me is downright libelous, which is funny given how prone to threats of litigation they are.

Web Design
In August 1998 (don't remember the exact day), I signed up for an account on Geocities.

Open Directory Project
I have been an editor at the Open Directory Project since later 2003. In Spring 2006 election, one of the editing teams I belong to: Weekend Editing Contest has won an award! W00t!